Guard Therapeutics today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the investigational drug RMC-035 (ROSgard). The approval enables expansion of the clinical development program for RMC-035 to the US, including the ongoing global and placebo-controlled Phase 2 study AKITA in cardiac surgery.
On September 21, 2022, Guard Therapeutics hosted a Capital Markets Day at Erik Penser Bank in Stockholm to provide an update on the company's development projects and the clinical strategy for the investigational drug RMC-035 (ROSgard). The presentations were recorded and are now available on the company's website.
Guard Therapeutics today announces that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b clinical trial of the investigational drug RMC-035 (ROSgard) in kidney transplantation. The company has thus achieved an important milestone by expanding the clinical development program to a second indication where RMC-035 has the potential to protect against acute kidney injuries. Full study results are expected to be available in the first half of 2023.
Guard Therapeutics invites current and potential investors to a capital markets day where the company will inform the audience on main development projects and clinical strategy for the investigational drug RMC-035 (ROSgard). The event will take place on September 21, 2022, 12:00 p.m. CET, at Erik Penser Bank in Stockholm and will be streamed live.
Guard Therapeutics today announces that the company has received approval from the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) to start a clinical phase 1b study with the investigational drug RMC-035 (ROSgard) in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. Through the planned study, the company is thus expanding the clinical development program of RMC-035 into a second indication with significant need for kidney protective treatments. The study will include up to 12 individuals with the primary objective to evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of RMC-035 in this patient population. The company is expected to present full study results in the first half of 2023.
Guard Therapeutics announces that the company has appointed Torbjörn Larsson as Head of CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls). Torbjörn Larsson will join the management team and will report directly to the CEO.
Guard Therapeutics today provides an update on the plan for the company's global, clinical phase 2 study of ROSgard in patients undergoing open heart surgery with additional risk factors to develop acute kidney injury. The study aims to evaluate the renal protective treatment effect of ROSgard based on several outcome measures, and is anticipated to provide a comprehensive data set to support further clinical development including the design of a subsequent registration study. The phase 2 study is called AKITA and is expected to provide blinded interim results in the first quarter of 2023 at topline results during the later part of 2023. Guard Therapeutics CEO, Tobias Agervald, presents the study design in a video interview that is available via link further down in this press release.
Guard Therapeutics today announces that the first patient has been dosed in the company's global phase 2 clinical trial of ROSgard. The study is conducted in patients who undergo open heart surgery and thus are at risk of developing acute kidney injury. The results are expected to provide conclusive information on the treatment effect of the investigational drug in this patient group and to guide the design of a subsequent pivotal study.
Guard Therapeutics today announces that the Canadian health authority (Health Canada) has approved the company’s application to conduct and include patients in Canada in the comprehensive phase 2 study of ROSgard, an investigational drug being developed for the prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury. This global study is planned to be conducted in Europe and North America and has since earlier been approved by the German medicines regulator.
Guard Therapeutics announces today that the German medicines regulator, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), has approved the company’s application to conduct a comprehensive clinical phase 2 study of ROSgard, an investigational drug being developed for the prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury. The global study is planned to be conducted in Europe and North America under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Alexander Zarbock at Münster University Hospital, Germany.